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2002-09-11

As we sat around the table enjoying the beautiful September morning in Bloomington, we heard on the news what we believed to be a terrible accident. A large plane had just hit the World Trade Tower. We talked about of the horror that had to be going through the people in the Tower and on the plane. Little did we know what was coming next! Who would have believed that anyone,let alone a group of people, could be filled with so much hate that they would perpetrate such an act on so many innocent people? As we watched, memsmerized by the terrible fire, we were suddenly confronted by the second plane hitting the second Tower. Now we knew! It wasn't an accident! We were seeing scenes that we couldn't leave. We had to watch! Yet we were fervently wishing that it would just go away and that it would not be true. A bit later we saw the Pennsylvania crash and learned of the valor and heroism of the passengers on that plane. They were truly heros. Let us all resolve that all these people will not have died in vain and that we as a nation will be stronger and more unified. May God bless all those whose lives were so tragically shortened on September 11 and also their families who even now are coping with this unbelieveable situation. WE WILL NEVER FORGET!!